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Lights, Action, Camera!

Lights, Action, Camera!. An Introduction to Video Technology. Andrew Garrison Award Winning Film Maker http://www.medialit.org/ReadingRoom/keyarticles/videobasics.html.

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Lights, Action, Camera!

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  1. Lights, Action, Camera! An Introduction to Video Technology Andrew Garrison Award Winning Film Maker http://www.medialit.org/ReadingRoom/keyarticles/videobasics.html Film has proven its power to engage us for over 100 years; radio for over 70 years, television for 50, and computer media, the new kid on the block, is proliferating faster than its predecessors Students watch it all. Integrating media production in your curriculum can help you find new access to students and help them find new access to the material. Media production engages and excites; it leads to unexpected discoveries, increased self-awareness and esteem, sharpened critical thinking, analytical skills, group work skills, and ability to communicate ideas. Media production demands writing and rewriting, research, group effort, and clarity of thought. Media production offers a means for students to talk to whomever they think is an important audience. It does all this because students want to say things that have meaning to them - authentic production comes from authentic learning.

  2. Today’s Objectives Cameras Lighting Audio Composition

  3. What You Need

  4. What Else You Will Need Video Communication and Production Jim Stinson ISDN 1-56637-798-6 The Goodheart-Wilcox Company, Inc.

  5. Lights Action Cameras http://www.howstuffworks.com/camcorder-works.htm

  6. Key Camera Issues Auto Focus Or Manual Focus Analog Or Digital? One Chip, Two Chip, Or Three Chip What Type Of Tape?

  7. Additional Camera Issues • Eyepiece or LCD • Optical and Digital Zoom • Built-in Light – External Light Connection • Image Stabilization

  8. Additional Camera Issues • Exposure Modes • Microphone • Connections • Resolution • LUX Rating

  9. IEEE 1394 USB/USB2 S-Video Infrared Infrared Composite Video

  10. Camera Science • Lens • Iris and Aperture • www.hash.com/users/jsherwood/tutes/focal/focal.html • www.donaldmckay.com/mainSections/big-question.htm • www.highend.com/news/fstop.html • www.shortcourses.com/video/index.htm • Depth of Field • Shutter Speed • White Balance

  11. Focal Length Iris 50 mm Lens Light If iris diameter is… F-stop is… 25mm 2 40mm 1.2 10mm 5 http://www.usa.canon.com/eflenses/lens101/focallength/

  12. Camera Action Lights

  13. Lights • First Rule of Lighting • Three Point Lighting • Key Light • Fill Light • Backlight • 45 – 45 Rule http://www.arri.com/infodown/light/broch/li_hand.pdf

  14. Good Tutorial Good Three-Point Lighting Tutorial

  15. Lights Camera Action! Basic Shooting Principles Shooting Like A Pro

  16. Basic Guidelines • Keep the Camera Steady • Get A Lot of Light On The Subject • Focus On The Action • Don’t Zoom Excessively In or Out

  17. Composition and Framing • Wide Shot • 2-Shot • Head and Waist Shot • Head and Shoulder Shot • Extreme Close-up

  18. Composition and Framing • Establishing Shot • Long Shot • Medium Shot • Close Up • Extreme Close Up • Close Up and Extreme Close Up of Person

  19. Composition and Framing • Focus on the Eyes • Rule of 3rds • Lead Space • Head Room • Background • Mergers • Zooming

  20. Framing Faces • Eyes • Ears • Profiles • Moderate Zoom

  21. Sound http://www.teamcombooks.com/mp3handbook/17.htm http://www.site4sound.com/encyclopedia/index.html http://www.vcu.edu/idc/selfstudy/monographs/formats.htm

  22. Types of Microphones • OmniDirectional • UniDirectional • Shotgun

  23. .001 volts 1 volt Other Audio Considerations • AGC • Headphones • Mic Level Signal • Line Level Signal • Mixers

  24. Hardware Software Basic, Entry Level i-movie U-lead Video Wave Movie Maker (XP) Next Level Premier Final Cut Pro 3 Avid Express Pinnacle Edition High End Programs Avid Sphere Edit Non-Linear Editors

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